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1.7 GPA in first year of undergrad
Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2014 9:48 am
by duganvile
I had a 1.76 GPA in my first year of undergrad. I took 4 years off after that, and am going back to school now. If i go back to school now, and get a 3.6-3.7 for the rest of my 3 years, will my LSDAS GPA be completely ruined? Will law schools only look at the LSDAS number or will they take into account the GPA for the 3 following years? I have used the LSDAS calculator and if I was to get all a's for the next 3 years the gpa would still only be 3.5.... which gpa's will the law schools really look at?
Re: 1.7 GPA in first year of undergrad
Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2014 10:19 am
by chimera
LSAC will take all/any grade earned before you receive your degree--that means the 1.76 and all the grades earned in the next three years. Whatever you put into the LSDAS calculator is what LSAC/law schools will see.
Work on getting all A's you can, and prolonging your degree to fit more A's in if that's your thing.
Re: 1.7 GPA in first year of undergrad
Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2014 10:43 am
by Tiago Splitter
Takes lots of extra easy classes and shoot for an A+ in everything.
Re: 1.7 GPA in first year of undergrad
Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2014 10:43 am
by Cicero76
Saw 1.76, thought it was your LSAT.
Yeah, don't go to law school
Re: 1.7 GPA in first year of undergrad
Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2014 11:34 am
by jbagelboy
Cicero76 wrote:Saw 1.76, thought it was your LSAT.
Yeah, don't go to law school
OP could still perform well in school and net out to a 3.3-3.4. Here a GPA addendum, given the space in years, could actually serve some utility. With a 171+, OP will still have decent options, albeit high debt if they want a T14 degree.
OP I suggest you revisit this in 3 years. Either way though, your first set of grades will definitely count (unless you can get the record expunged or something).
Re: 1.7 GPA in first year of undergrad
Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2014 12:14 pm
by duganvile
jbagelboy wrote:Cicero76 wrote:Saw 1.76, thought it was your LSAT.
Yeah, don't go to law school
OP could still perform well in school and net out to a 3.3-3.4. Here a GPA addendum, given the space in years, could actually serve some utility. With a 171+, OP will still have decent options, albeit high debt if they want a T14 degree.
OP I suggest you revisit this in 3 years. Either way though, your first set of grades will definitely count (unless you can get the record expunged or something).
Can people get previous records expunged? How would you go about doing so? Thanks
Re: 1.7 GPA in first year of undergrad
Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2014 12:20 pm
by Pneumonia
The process varies, but it is universally not an easy thing to do. If you were just screwing around you don't have any chance of getting it expunged. Either way, you need straight A's from here on out. Undergrad isn't hard; don't shoot for "3.7" average. Just get A's.